paterfamilias
See also: pater familias
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Etymology edit
From around 1425 to 1475 from late Middle English which itself came from the Latin term with the same meaning. From the Latin term pater ("father") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household". Compare the English word family.
Noun edit
paterfamilias (plural paterfamiliases or patresfamilias)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "a woman who is the head of a household"): materfamilias
Translations edit
a man who is the head of a household
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
paterfamilias m (plural paterfamilias)
Further reading edit
- “paterfamilias”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014